Thesaurus results for SLEUTHS

sleuths

noun

plural of sleuth

as in detectives

a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons the popular TV sleuth lives a much more action-packed life than do his real-world counterparts

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Recent Examples of sleuths As quickly spotted by online sleuths, the people consisted of Star Wars bloggers, influencers and fan creators. —

James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026 Baldoni’s extensive filing also made its way online, with court documents available for internet sleuths to pick through and draw their own conclusions. —

Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026 In the missing scientist case, would-be sleuths looked elsewhere and found a cluster of four people in New Mexico who went missing within the past year and have not been found. —

Faye Flam, Scientific American, 7 May 2026 Independent sleuths can interfere with active investigations. —

The Week Us, TheWeek, 4 May 2026 Online sleuths have been successful in flagging suspicious trades such as the bet that prosecutors say Van Dyke placed on Maduro's capture. —

Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 Online sleuths began digging into the rift, leading to a wave of negative press about Lively. —

Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026 Social media sleuths had already dug up wild comments from Russini about Vrabel and her husband before Vrabel’s decision to step away on Wednesday, but the additional posts that were found appeared to be too much for Russini. —

Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Horrified by the secrets revealed by Bateman, Christine Marie and Katas were emboldened to go undercover as amateur sleuths. —

Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleuths

Noun

In 2017, detectives used DNA samples preserved from Walls' body and the area in which she was found to create an image of a person of interest, according to The Virginian-Pilot.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
The homicide detectives took over the shooting investigation and later obtained an arrest warrant for the security guard on the voluntary manslaughter charge.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026